Public-Sector Unions: The Other Deep State
When government fails, public-sector unions win. When society fragments, public-sector unions consolidate their power. When citizenship itself becomes less meaningful, and the benefits of American […]
Stop Whining About Google and Do Something
Some friends on the Right are angry about Google’s opaque efforts to block prominent conservative personalities and think tanks from the search engine and the […]
The New Social Contract We Must Reject
America’s public life is disordered; our discourse toxic. Competing lists of scandals and abuses (calls for impeachment, “nuclear options,” attacks on free speech, and so […]
A Man for This Season
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Mueller’s Report Is a Rerun from the Nixon Era
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The Administrative State Poisons Everything It Touches
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Desperately Seeking a Reformer to Head the FDA
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Federal regulation affects our lives every day in more […]
Do Americans Today Still Deserve Liberty?
Victor Davis Hanson’s brilliant essay, “Autopsy of a Dead Coup,” describes how America’s leviathan bureaucracy effectively attempted a coup against a democratically elected president to […]
Teachers Unions Take Charge in West Virginia
West Virginia’s public schools are not academic standouts. Far from it, in fact. The state’s 8th graders ranked 45th nationwide in reading on the 2017 […]
Social Security Taxes and the ‘Gig Economy’
It is fashionable to refer to the job market of the future as “the gig economy.” In this enlightened, technology enabled wonderland, everyone will be […]
Own the Libs, or Let the Libs Own Us?
Brandon Weichert, whose excellent writing has caught my eye for a while now, exhibits his worthy independence from party orthodoxy with his article on Monday […]
The Art of the SOTU
Do you remember Hillary Clinton? I know, I know. Now, do you remember her campaign slogan? It was “I’m with her!” Incredibly, I still see […]
The Way Back for Urban Republicans
Democrats run almost all of the country’s big cities, in many cases virtually unopposed. Right now, they’re in the process of repeating almost all of […]
Some Best Possible Outcomes of the Shutdown
The longest-lasting partial federal government shutdown in U.S. history affords President Trump the opportunity to kill off an over-the-hill political spectacle, drain some of the […]
Beto O’Rourke Is Our Postmodern Nostradamus
It was a light snow, a slick snow, out by the road our driveway, needing shoveling, got me thinking Beto… Far too many on the […]
Giving Pelosi a Taste of Her Own Medicine
Oh, boy. The look on Representative Adam Schiff’s face was priceless as the California Democrat disembarked the Air Force bus on Thursday. A few days […]
Take This SOTU and Shove It
In the annals of American political showboating, it’s tough to top the annual circus called the State of the Union message. Mandated by the Constitution—and […]
The FBI Has Become Too Dangerous
If you’re not the first lady, being alone in the Oval Office with the president of the United States is a rare occurrence. Even visiting […]
Who Needs the World Bank?
NeverTrump Republicans are buoyed by a sense of opportunity following the unexpected announcement on January 7 that World Bank president Jim Yong Kim is resigning […]
Tucker Carlson’s Witness
Tucker Carlson’s now ubiquitous 15-minute monologue from his January 2 show is causing some conservatives a bit of consternation. Not because what he said was […]